juff
@juffowup.bsky.social
I make cryptic crosswords at juffscryptics.blogspot.com
And stream them at
twitch.tv/juffo__wup
(Not the ones I make. I stream other ones.)
And stream them at
twitch.tv/juffo__wup
(Not the ones I make. I stream other ones.)
If you’re open to variety cryptics, I run a site gnomoncryptics.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you’re open to variety cryptics, I run a site gnomoncryptics.com
Okay, got a test and learned I shouldn't release it tonight. Will stream last rewrites in the morning though.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Okay, got a test and learned I shouldn't release it tonight. Will stream last rewrites in the morning though.
I just turned it on, but the puzzle should be going up later tonight if you wanted to solve first
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I just turned it on, but the puzzle should be going up later tonight if you wanted to solve first
Interesting final panel for cryptics writers who don’t like using just “morning” for AM
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Interesting final panel for cryptics writers who don’t like using just “morning” for AM
This photograph is weirdly beautiful
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This photograph is weirdly beautiful
Saying water-deprived to delete HOH from some fodder would be fine. Saying water-deprived to delete HOH which is mixed into the fodder is an indirect anagram. We do not do indirect anagrams (unless they're doing something much funner than this.)
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Saying water-deprived to delete HOH from some fodder would be fine. Saying water-deprived to delete HOH which is mixed into the fodder is an indirect anagram. We do not do indirect anagrams (unless they're doing something much funner than this.)
https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1720
Oh and here’s another
Oh and here’s another
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1720
Oh and here’s another
Oh and here’s another
https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1213#15-across
Here’s one. I think I’ll have another collab that does it in Unch v2
Here’s one. I think I’ll have another collab that does it in Unch v2
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1213#15-across
Here’s one. I think I’ll have another collab that does it in Unch v2
Here’s one. I think I’ll have another collab that does it in Unch v2
I get a lot of scolding about my clues from people who say they're Ximeneans, but then I look at their grids and shake my head …
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I get a lot of scolding about my clues from people who say they're Ximeneans, but then I look at their grids and shake my head …
(I said once but meant once or twice. Don't come at me.)
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
(I said once but meant once or twice. Don't come at me.)
I vote that both are fine, but I know they annoy some so do it max once per puzzle.
"Noun-part" is a standard part of the language! A car door is the door of a car! A car door handle is the handle of a car door! These are not exceptions, they are the rule!
"Noun-part" is a standard part of the language! A car door is the door of a car! A car door handle is the handle of a car door! These are not exceptions, they are the rule!
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I vote that both are fine, but I know they annoy some so do it max once per puzzle.
"Noun-part" is a standard part of the language! A car door is the door of a car! A car door handle is the handle of a car door! These are not exceptions, they are the rule!
"Noun-part" is a standard part of the language! A car door is the door of a car! A car door handle is the handle of a car door! These are not exceptions, they are the rule!
Damn this photograph makes me miss being in a city
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Damn this photograph makes me miss being in a city
Oh hm that's in interesting argument. Is there anything else that gets a pass for similar language-independence reasons?
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Oh hm that's in interesting argument. Is there anything else that gets a pass for similar language-independence reasons?
Oh! Yes, I've seen gas for NE and similar. They don't feel fair to me for the same reasons as above.
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Oh! Yes, I've seen gas for NE and similar. They don't feel fair to me for the same reasons as above.
Wait, do people indicate AG as silver indirectly? I don't think I would like that. Or is there an AG I'm missing? (Over here, AG could be Attorney General which I think I do hear people say out loud as "AG" so would be fair to synonym.)
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wait, do people indicate AG as silver indirectly? I don't think I would like that. Or is there an AG I'm missing? (Over here, AG could be Attorney General which I think I do hear people say out loud as "AG" so would be fair to synonym.)
I can't comment on U, but if I understand the L magnet idea, it seems fairly correct to say the L indicates a student driver, so "L=student" seems fair to me?
Likewise, in a US cryptic, DA="prosecutor" is totally fair because people say "DA" out loud as a unit.
Likewise, in a US cryptic, DA="prosecutor" is totally fair because people say "DA" out loud as a unit.
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can't comment on U, but if I understand the L magnet idea, it seems fairly correct to say the L indicates a student driver, so "L=student" seems fair to me?
Likewise, in a US cryptic, DA="prosecutor" is totally fair because people say "DA" out loud as a unit.
Likewise, in a US cryptic, DA="prosecutor" is totally fair because people say "DA" out loud as a unit.
It's the exact same two-steps-ism that makes most of us frown on I=A.
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's the exact same two-steps-ism that makes most of us frown on I=A.